Wind-shield.



T. F. BOURNE.

WIND SHIELD APPLICATION FILED 1320.24, 1910,

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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''. I'. BOURNE.

WIND SHIELD.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911..

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Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

SSBEETS-SHBBT 3v UNITED ystrains PrENT OFFICE.

TEGDOBE F. BOURNE, 0F MONTCLAIB., NEW JERSEY.

WIND-SHIELD.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Application lcd December 24, 1910. Serial No. 599,117.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tr'iisoooan F. Bomann, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WindShields, of which the following is e specification. t

The object of my invention is to 'provide a shield adapted for use on automobiles and other vehicles, as well as on boats, for proteoting the occupants against wind and storms, capable of being raised to desired heights and lowered, and wherein the su ports for the iexible material of the shie d will be raised and lowered equally with suoli material and will be out of the way in proportion as the shield is lowered.

In carrying out my invention I provide a flexible shield comprising suitab e trans- Jarent material` meafns, such as a roller, to let out andiake np the material as the shield is raised or lowered, longitudinally slidable supports for the lree end of the shield depending at the sides thereof, uides for said supports suitably carried by tie vehicle, and means for sustaining said supports at different heights. whereby as the shield is raised and lowered the supports will be i'orresporrlingly raised and lowered and will be maintained in proper operating positions on the respective guides at different elevations of the shield.

My invention also comprises means whereby the shield may be tilted or inclined as desired while at any desired height to present the shield at an angle to the line of travel, whereby the shield may be presented the closer to the driver and wind resistance on the shield may be reduced.

My invention further comprises novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyingrdrawings forming part hereof, wherein,

ignre 1 is a peispective view illustrating my improvements ap lied to an automobile, the shield being parti)y lowered; Fig. 2 is a partly broken view, enlarged, of a portion of the shield; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 in Fig. '2 looking in the direction of the arrows a; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 in Fig..2, looking in the direction of thc-arrow 4section on the line 9, 9, in

b; Fig. 5 isA a section on the line 5, 5, in Fig. 2, lookin in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of modified means for retaining in set position; Fig. 7 is a detail face view illustrating the. shield elevated and showing the guides for the shieldsupports as nonpivoted; Fig. 8 is a-detail view, partly in section, of a portion of Fi 7; Fig. 9 is ii.

ig. 8;l5ig. 10 is a. detail reverse view of a. portion of Fi 7, and Fig. 11 is a detail section on the dine ii, 11,:in Fig. 'Y

Similar numerals of reference indicate corres onding parts in the several views.

In t e drawings the numeral 1 indicates a flexible shield, wholly or partly of suitable transparent material, such as celluloid, fiberloid or the like, shown mounted to be wound upon a suitable roller 2 which may be like the ordinary shade roller containing a spring. The pivots 2 of roller 2 are carried by spaced brackets 3, being shown supported by extensions 3* of said brackets. lhe brackets 3 are shown secured u on a filler board a secured to dash b by c ips c, although said brackets may be secured direct-ly to the dash or other` support. Said brackets are rovided with alined guides 3" shown in liopllow or tubular form slidably receiving the spaced shield supports or u rights 4 that are suitably connected with t ie free end of flexible shield 1, the supports 4 and guides 3* thus acting in telescopic manner. The upper ends of supports 4 are the pivoted guides I connected by a transverse member comprisl ing a cross rod, bar or tube 4* to which the free end of shield 1 is suitably attached, as by a strip 5 carried by rod 4 and stitched or otherwise connected with shield 1. The supports 4 and the connecting rodor tube 4 ma 1 be formed in a single iece or connecte together in other suita le manner; as by elbows or the like 4c, whereby supports 4 are firmly 'united together at their upper lparts and are maintained in alinementwith each other, oi substantially in the same plane, substantially in yoke-like form, for easy slidin movement with respect to the guides 3" o brackets 3, whereby as the arts 4. 4 are raised or lowered, the flexible s ield 1 will be correspondingly raised or lowered and will unwind from or wind upon roller 2.

. o'f slidable boltsfguided in beai'ingsin brackets 3 adapted to enter openings .or

`sockets 4" in supports 1t-that are suitably 'spaced apart.V Springs 7 are shown bearing against stops 3 on the brackets and against i suitable projections or shoulders on bolts' to maintain the Vlatter projected' intol the corresponding lopenings 4*. It' may be found Ydesirable to use ratchetless rollrsfor the shields 1, ".nd in such case to avoid reuir4 ing too great spring tension4 in the ro ler, clue to wind pressure against the shield, I provide means for positively locking or holding th'e roller against u nwinding. For this purpose have' shown a lock or stop 8 adapted to engage' the recesses or teeth 2" provided in or on ro1ler2. Lock or stop 8 is shown pivotally carried by bracket 3, as at 8*, and operatively connected with a bolt 6, for which purpose I have shown the lower end 8 of lock. 8 passing through an opening 6Il in bolt 6. The arrangement is such that when bolt 6 is withdrawn to release support 4, lock V8 will thereby be Withdrawn from roller 2 to release the latter, and when bolt 6 moves to sustain support 4 lock 8 will return to retain roller 2. This arrangement affords convenient means for simultaneously releasing supports 4 and the roller by one operation at the same time that the flexible shield is to be raised or lowered. There will preferably be a bolt 6 to coact with each support 4, as illustrated in Fig. 7. Any suitable mean-'s may be rovided for simultaneously operating bot bolts 6. For this purpose I have shown a handle or lever 9 connected by rods, wires or the like 10 with bolts 6, rods or wires 10 being shown connected with handle or lever 9 on opposite sides of pivot 9* of'said lever, whereby the movement ofsaid lever in one direction will cause simultaneous operation of both bolts 6. Lever 9 may be carried by filler board a, as shown, but when brackets 3 are supported directly upon the dash b, or other part of the vehicle to which brackets may be attached, lever 9 may be attached to the same part. Pins or stops 9" muy be provided adjacent lever or handle 9 to retain the latter in set position with bolts G retracted from supports 4 when the latter are to be operated. v

To rotect the lower ends of supports 4 from 1n`ury, as by being kie-ktd or knocked, I provi e protectors 11, shown in the form of tubes having bases 12 alinodwith supports 4, which protectors 11 may be carried on any suitable part of the vehicle, such as upon the step or running board 13 (sce Fig.

position.

11). Protectors l1 may be of any suitable height, so that when the supports 4 are lowered they will 'enter or receive said protectors, since protectors 11 may enter the tubular su orts 4.

The shie supporting brackets and guides may be rigidly supported, so that said guides ret'ilira-permanent position, as illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9,' but' itimay-berdesirable at times yto tilt the shield from a vertical For this urpose I have shown the guides 3" as pivotally su ported to .swing asrdesired, to which end I ave shown brackets 3 as made in two parts 3, 3, in Figs. 1 to 6, the part 3d being ivotally connected ,with the part 3. The racket parts 3 are shown provided with studs 3 receiving liu'bs o r-o penin 35 of partsa whereby the parts 3 are 'swiveledp The parts 3i and 3 may be maintained in operative relation by means `of springs 14 bearing against parts 3'* and against screws 15 threaded in studs 3f, or the parts 3" and 3 may be 4held together by pressure of screw 15 as shown in Fig. 6. To retain the bracket parts 3 and the shield in set position I have shown locking means comprising one or more projections 16 on part 3" ada ted to enter complemental concentrically isposed recesses 17,

on part 3', although the projections 1G may be on the parts 3 and the recesses 17 on the parts 3". The bracket parts 3 are shown prdvided with working face 3h to ooact with the working face 3 of bracket part 3 to aid in maintaining the parts in relative positions. The arrangement is suoli that the bracket parts* 3* may be rotated as desired to cause the .supports 4 and' the flexible shield 1 to incline more orlless toward or from the driver, so that when the shield is raised as desired and tilted resistance of the wind against the shield may be reduced, and thc shield may be brought closer to the driver. By having the supporting extensions 3'l for the roller upon the swiveled bracket parts 3" the roller and the rolled part of shield 1 will maintain proper positions relatively to supports 4 in different tilted positions of the latter.

IS ineuiis of' my improvements the flexible shield maybe raised and maintained at the 'desired height by sliding sup orts 4 through their guides, and when shie d 1- is lowered the supports 4 and cross rod 4* will descend with the shield so that there need be no supporting -parts of the flexible shield rojecting upwardly above the samen an us the supports`4 may thus be maintained approximately along the sides of the vehic e they will not interfere with the occupants of the vehicle upo'n entering or leaving the saine'. Since the supports 4 and cross rod 4 are firmly united to ether, thle wind pressure against the flexi le shieldv will be imiformly distributed and the parts will maintain the desired positions. The shield is simple to operate, relatively cheap to manufacture, and eliiclent in use.

YVhile I have illustrated and described 'a practical embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that the same 1s not limited to the d etails set forth, as thel same may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from L. ie spirit of my invention. 4

Having now described my I claim is:-

1. A wind shield comprising spaced longitudinally adjustable supports, guides free above and below for said supports, means for sustaining said supports in different positions of adjustment on opposite sides of said guides, a flexible shield, means for connecting one end of said flexible shield with one portion of said supports to be raised and lowered therewit a roller connected with the other part o `said flexible shield, and means to sup ort said roller.

2. A. wind shie d comprising spaced supports rigidly connected by an interposed transverse member, spaced guides for uiding said supports .for longitudinal a justment, simultaneously operating devices Vto maintain said supports and member in different positions of adjustment and release said supports for adjustment, a flexible shield connected at one end with said member and movable therewith, and a roller between said su ports to sustain the other end of said lexib e shield.

3. A wind shield comprising spaced supports connected by a transverse member above their lower ends, spaced guides open above and below through which said supports have longitudinal adjustment, means to maintain said supports in different positions of longitudinal adjustment, a flexible shield connected at one end with said member and free and .unobstructed tliereabove, and a roller mounted below said member and connected with the lower part of said flexible invention what shield, said roller being\ supported by the supports for said uides.

4. A wind shiel comprising spaced parallel longitudinally adjustable supports connected together at their upper parts and free from each other therebelow, spaced brackets provided with guides open above and below to permit longitudinal sliding of said supports, lpcking devices for each support at equal heights on opposite sides of said guides, a flexible shield connected with the upper part of said supports, and free and unobstructed thereabove, a' roller for supporting tht` lower part of said flexible shield. and means to support the roller. i

5. A wind shield comprising a member bent in two places at a distance apart form- .operating means in depending spaced longitudinally adjustable supports having an interposed transverse member adjacent their upper parts, spaced brackets (provided with spaced guides open above an below for said supports, means on said brackets operating together for sustaining said supports in different positions of adjustment, a flexible shield connected with said member, and a roller connected with the lower part of said flexible shield and extending between said supports arallel with said member.

6. A wind shield comprising spaced longitudinally adjustable supports, a transverse membe'r connecting said supports adjacent their upper arts only, brackets provided with guides or parts of said supports depending below said member, simultaneously for sustaining said supports and member in different positions nl' adjustment, a flexible shield connected with said member, and a roller extending between said supports parallel to said member and connected with the lower part of said flexible shield. .7. A wind shield con'iprisingI spaced longitudinally adjustable supports connected together adjacent corresponding ends and free from each other thercbelow, s aced brackets having means for guidingesait supports, a flexible shield connected with said supports to be raised and lowered therewith, and a roller extending between said supports and connected with said flexible shield, Said brackets beingI provided with stops and the supports having corrcspomlingly spaced recesses receiving said stops for inainlz'lining the supports equally in different positions ol' adjustment.

8. A wind shield comprising a ilcxiblo shield, a roller for the shield. means for adjustably` locking the lrce portion of the shield in set position. moans for lockingr the roller against rotation. and nmans for si multaneousljY releasing both ol said lockinLr means.

9. A wind shield comprising a flexible shield, adjustable supports for said shield, a roller for said shield, means for locking said sup )orts in set position, means for lockingl sai roller against rotation, and means to cause said locking means to operate coincidently to release the supports and the roller.

10. A wind shield cmnlnisingspaced longitudinally movable supports, means for guiding said supports. means for locking Said supports in ditl't-rcut positions of adjustment, a flexible shield connected with Said supports. a roller connected with said shield, means for locking the roller against rotation, and means to cause said locking means to opel-atc coincidently to release the. supports and the roller.

l1. -A wind shield comprising spaced lonllO gitudinall movable supports, spaced brackets provi ed with means for guiding said supports, a flexible shield connected with lsaid supports, apoller connected with said shield, means for sustaining said sup orts in different positions of adjustment, an means for locking said roller against rotation, said locking means being operatively connected With the means for sustaining the supports -loireleasingtl1e--roller upon 'th-e release of sa supports.

12. A wind shield comprising spaced longitudinallij,Y movable supports, spaced brackets' provi ed with ,means for guiding said supports, a flexible shield connected with said supports, a roller connected with said shield, means for sustaining said supports n Aon said brackets in different positions ol' a justmcnt, means for sustaining said. roller upon said brackets, and means for locking said roller against rotation, said locking means being connected with the means that sustain the supports for coincidently releasing the roller and the supports.

13.'A wind shield coni rising longitudinally movable supports, rackets provided with means for guiding said supports, a. flexible shield connected with sa'id sup rts, a roller connected with said flexible siield, stops for sustaining said supports lin different equal positions of longitudinal adjustment, a handle, and'means connecting said handle with said stops for actuating them by one movement. of the handle.

14. A wind shield comprising spaced longitudinally movable supports irmly connectedI at corres ionding ends, spaced guides for guiding sai supports, a. flexible shield connected at one end with said supports, u roller connected with the opposite end of said flexible shield, means to support said roller, simultaneously operating devices for sustaining said sup orts'in ditlelrnt positionsof longitudinaFadjustment and for rcleasing said suppoi'ts, and means for' retaining said devices released from said supports simultaneously.

l5. A wind shield comprising longitudinally movable sup orts, brackets provided with means for gui ing said supports, means to sustain said supports upon said brackets in ditl'ereut positions of adjustment, said brackets being rovided with extensions, spaced from saidl guiding means, a. roller mounted upon said extensions, and atlexiblo shield connected at. one end with said roller and at its other end with said slipports. i

16. A windl shield comprising spaced longitudinally slidable supports1 a flexible shield connected at one part with said supports, means to support the other part of said shield. guides free above and below, means for sustaining said supports-upon ,supporting sai said guides in positions of adjustment, and means to shield to position.

c inclined and retained in such permit said supports 'and flexible 17. wind shield comprising spared adjustable slip prts rigidly connected at one part, a tlcxi le shield attached at one part to the rigid connection between said sim-m,

Yportsandirec-and'uobructecl thereabov a roller to sustain the opposite part of sai liexible shield, means to su port said roller,

4means for retaining the ,guiding means in set position.

18. A wind shield comprising spaced longitudinally adjustable suppprts, spaced brackets for said supports, a boa rd interposed between and supporting said brackets in spaced relation, means to maintain said supports upon said brackcts in different positions of adjustment, a flexible shield connected atone end with said supports, and a rolle-r to sustain the opposite end of. said shield, said 'brackets being pivotally supported to swing relatively to said board to permit tilting of said sup orts and shield, said roller being supporte parallel to said board.

19. A wind shield comprising spaced .longitudinally adjustable supports, s :iced

brackets provided with guides for sai supports, means to maintain said sup erts spaced upon said brackets, a flexible s ield connected at one end with said supports, a roller connected with the opposite part of said shie1d,said roller.bcing carried by said brackets, said brackets being ivotally supported to permit tilting of sai guides, supports und `shield und simultaneously operating locking devices to sustain said supports upon said brackets.

10. A wind shield 'comprising spaced longitudinally movable supports. connected together at one part, brackets provided with means for guiding and sustaining said slipports, a board'supporting and spacing said brackets apart, said board extending between said su ports, means for pivotally d, irackets and retaining them i-n set positions, a lexible shield connected with said supports, and a roller intcrpgscd between said supports parallel to said ard and connected with the lower part of said shield.

2l. A wind shield comprising spaced supports connected together at their u per" parts, and free from eachother thercbe ow, spaced pivoted brackets having guides for .said supports. said supports being slidable through and below said guides, means to l, jection iii connection with the upper ends of said supports.

sustain said supports in diierent positions of adjustment, a flexible shield connected with 'said supports, a roller connected with said shield and carried by said brackets above their pivots to move with the brackets, and means for retaining said brackets in dili'erent positions of adjustment.

22. A wind sliield'comprising spaced suports connected together at one part, brackets having guiding and sustaining means for said supports, said brackets coinprising two parts pivotally connected to getlier, one of said bracket parts having a project-ion and the other bracket part ha"- iiig complemental recesses to receive said irojection, means for maintaining said proeither of said recesses, a flexible shield connected with said supportsfand a roller connected with said flexible shield, portions of said supports' being slidable below their guiding means and below the roller.

23. The combination ot a board, guides attached thereto and spaced art thereby, spaced longitudinally adjusta le supports guided by said guides, means for sustaining said supports in dilicrent ositions of adjustmentiwith respect to sai guides` a {lexible shield connected at one end with said supports to be raised and lowered therewith, and a roller connected with the other end of said shield and carried by said board.

24. The combination of a board, spaced brackets attached thereto and having upwardly disposed guids, spaced longitudinally adjustable supports guided by said uides, means for sustaining said supports in diti'erent positions of adjustment with respect to said guides, a flexible shield connected at its upper end with said supports, and a roller connected with the lower end of the flexible shield, said roller being carried by said brackets.

'25. In a wind shield the combination ot' a board, brackets attached thereto and spaced aparrt by said board, said bracketsbeing provided with Guides open at oppo site ends. longitudinally movable supports i slidahle through said guides and connected rigidly together at their upper ends andlreo from 'each other therebelow, pins niovalile in directions across the planes of said supports, the latter having spared recesses receiving said pins, a roller journaled adjarent sali rackets and movable into said tubular guides to enter the recesses insaid supports, means rigidly connecting the upper ends of said supports, a roller journaled adjacent said gui es and extending between said supports, and a Vflexible shield connected with said roller and with the up er ends of said supports and free and uno structed thereabove. Y

27. A wind shield comprisipg spaced parallel tubular longitudinally adjustable supports rigidly connected together by a transverse member at their upper ends and free from each other tlierebelow, said tubular supports being provided with equally and correspondingly s iaced recesses, guides s ably receiving said supports, pins movable at an angle to the plane of the movement of said supports to enter the corresponding recesses therein,` a roller extending between said supports parallel to said member, and a flexible shield connectedrwith said roller and with said member.

28. A wind shield comprising spaced parallel tubular longitudinally adjustable supports rigidly connected together by a transverse member at their upper ends, said tubular supports being provided with equally and correspondingly spaced recesses, guides slidably receiving said supports, pins movable at an angle to the plane of the movement of said supports to enter the corresponding recesse therein, a roller extending between said supports parallel to said member, a flexible shield connected with s'aid roller and with said member, and means for simultaneously operating said pins to simultaneously release said supports. Q

2S). A wind shield comprising a flexible shield, adjustable supports for said llexible shield, a roller for said flexible shield, stops to retain said supports in different positoins of elevation, a lever operatively connected with one ot said stops, and lookin means for the roller actuated with said lever to retain and release the roller.

30. A wind shield comprising a flexible shield, adjustable supports for said flexible shield, a roller for said 'Ilexible shield, stops to retain said supports in different positions of elevation, a lever operatively connected with one of said stops, said roller having recesses, and a locking member operated by said lover to eosict with said recesses to reguides and extending between said supports, and a flexible shield connected at one end l tain and release said roller. with said roller and at the other end with 3l. A wind shield comprising a flexible shield, adjustable. supports for said flexible shield, a roller for said flexible shield, stops 26. In a wind shield the combination of a to retain said supports in different positions board, brackets attached thereto and s aceel l apartfb said hoard, said brackets icing of elevation. :i inovable ineniber iiiovably provide( with tubular guides open at oppol connected with one. of said stpps, and lookl the roller having a member :ii'allel 1 ing,r Iiiean's for site ends, longitudinally movable l cs and l operatively connected with said movable supportsslidable through said gui rovided with recesses, pins guided by said .65

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10 vided with means adjacent sai member for retaining and releasing the roller.

32. A wind shield comprising a exble shield, adjustable supports for said Hexible shield, a roller for said iexible shield, stops to retain said su ports in diierent ositions of elevation, said) roller being proviged with recesses at one end, and a, locking member :onnectcd with one of said sto s and prorecesses to of New York, and State of New York, t

22nd day of December, A. D. 19l 0.

THEODORE F. BOURNE.

Witnesses:

RALPH H. RAPHAEL, MARIE F. W'AINRIGHT. 

